{"podcast":{"title":"Scams, Money, & Murder","slug":"scams-money-murder-7008396","podcast_index_feed_id":7008396,"rss_url":"https://rss.amperwave.net/v2/feed/audacynetwork/moneycrimes","website_url":"https://www.pavestudios.com/crimehouse","image_url":"https://images.castfire.com/image/661/0/0/0/0-8476766.jpg","author":"Crime House","episode_count":220,"summary":"Your daily front-row seat to Crime House. Every day, we bring you episodes covering true crime, scams, cults, conspiracies, and the cases that pull you past the headlines into the darkest corners of greed and deceit. One feed, a new story every day.This is a Crime House Original powered by PAVE Studios. Follow now so you never miss an episode. For ad-free access, subscribe to Crime House+ on Apple Podcasts.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T16:19:27.096685+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scams-money-murder-7008396"},"episode":{"title":"The Banana Wars","slug":"the-banana-wars","published_at":"2026-06-01T07:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scams-money-murder-7008396/the-banana-wars","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scams-money-murder-7008396","url":"https://serve.castfire.com/audio/8386376/8386376_2026-05-15-210116.256.mp3?rssID=6041","audio_url":"https://serve.castfire.com/audio/8386376/8386376_2026-05-15-210116.256.mp3?rssID=6041","summary":"In 1954, the CIA orchestrated a covert coup that removed Guatemala's democratically elected president, Jacobo Árbenz, at the behest of Cold War anxieties and the United Fruit Company's political influence. What looked like a communist threat to Washington was, in reality, a land reform program that dared to challenge American corporate power in Central America. In this episode, Vanessa untangles how Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes intersect in Operation PBSUCCESS — a blueprint for covert intervention whose consequences destabilized the region for decades. For more, follow Conspiracy Theories, Cults, and Crimes wherever you listen to podcasts: https://pod.link/1828469754 For Ad-free listening to episodes, subscribe to Crime House+ on Apple Podcasts. 🎧 Need More to Binge? Listen to other Crime House Originals Clues, Crimes Of…, Crime House 24/7, Serial Killers & Murderous Minds, Murder True Crime Stories, and more wherever you get your podcasts! Follow me on Social Instagram: @Crimehouse TikTok: @Crimehouse Facebook: @crimehousestudios X: @crimehousemedia YouTube: @crimehousestudios","meta_description":"In 1954, the CIA orchestrated a covert coup that removed Guatemala's democratically elected president, Jacobo Árbenz, at the behest of Cold War anxieties…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2390,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/scams-money-murder-7008396/episodes/the-banana-wars/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scams-money-murder-7008396/the-banana-wars.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}